Sports

Body The Central City track and field team kicked off the 2024 season with a strong showing at the Concordia University Indoor Meet, where multiple athletes posted top-six finishes, and several came away with event titles and meet records.

Body The Nebraska Christian Eagles got their 2025 track & field season started with a bang at the Bulldog Challenge in Concordia University last Friday.

Body On a day that felt more like spring than March, Central City hosted the Merrick County Track and Field Invitational on Tuesday under sunny skies, spring winds, and temperatures climbing into the 60s—ideal conditions for early-season competition.

Body Nearly 3,000 young wrestlers took to the mats at the Nebraska USA State Wrestling Tournament, battling to be the best in the state. Among them were several Central City Junior Wrestling competitors, who put on strong performances against Nebraska’s toughest competition.

Body Five years ago, the Central City/Fullerton Kernels were on the verge of something special. A program that had struggled to find its footing was finally ready to break through.

Body The track is set. The lanes are marked.

Body The road to Lincoln isn’t just a drive down Highway 34—it’s a journey of sweat, sacrifice, and a thousand hours in the gym.

Body Somewhere in Arlington, the gym is quiet again. The echoes of the whistles, the roar of the crowd, the pounding of sneakers against hardwood—it’s all faded into memory now. The same is true in Superior. In Hartington.

Body Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed with the things you didn’t do rather than the things you did.” — 2002 yearbook quote by Lillie Stander Female wrestling is on the rise in Nebraska, and one of its many roots can be traced back to Central City.